November 15: The Premiership Today

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When Arsène Wenger’s contract expires in 19 months’ time, he might be tempted to head to Bayern Munich, whose president, Franz Beckenbauer, is a close friend. “For me, taking the Bayern job would hinge on whether I would be given sufficient freedom to work and enough power,” Wenger said. “But I don’t think that working for Franz would present any problems for me as I know him very well. Some day, I would also like to manage a national team.” Bayern tried to recruit Wenger, who is fluent in German, eight years ago, when he was coach with AS